Searching for: A College in the Midwest

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am currently a junior at my high school, so I might be getting a bit ahead of myself without my standarized test scores, but I'm looking for a college(s) that I might possibly be interested in EDing & getting accepted.</p>

<p>Ideally, I'm looking for a college like Carleton: good academics, friendly people, helpful teachers, liberal arts, and generally just a small feel-good kind of college with a bit of fun.</p>

<p>However, my GPA isn't the greatest. In fact, it's relatively poor for the school I go to, even for getting into state universities that I would also be looking at (U of Minnesota/U of Wisconsin/Madison). </p>

<p>(3.6-7 UW ~9)
(3.3-4 UW ~10)
Top 50% in school
Public School
Honors Classes?: Yes</p>

<p>AP Classes:<br>
Taking: AP Calc, AP Human Geo, AP Lit, AP Psych
Will Take/Planning to Take: AP Econ, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lang</p>

<p>PSAT: Not Taken Yet, probably around 200-215 (NM Condemned Student)
SAT: Not Taken Yet
ACT: Not Taking</p>

<p>And to top it off, I'm an Asian-American, curving whatever numbers I have even lower at my chance of getting into colleges.</p>

<p>-I am looking for a college (preferably in the midwest, if not Minnesota) that has alike characteristics to Carleton, but might be easier to get in. I have also been trying to find the time to take a quick trip to Macalester, but I'm not sure I'd even have a chance to get into that one either.- </p>

<p>Any Suggestions? </p>

<p>Another Note: My sister got into Carleton and aboslutely loved it there. I also looked at Carleton and really liked it. She, however, had a much better GPA than me and did lots of ECs. I am also in a few ECs but I haven't held a notable position in any of them. Everybody at Carleton was very friendly and quirky in a way that I could defintely get used to. The campus was also very nice, although the city (Northfield) is slightly boring.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your school must have crazy grade inflation. What’s your weighted GPA?</p>

<p>Anyways, for Carleton-esque, I’d go Alma, Adrian, Hobart and William Smith, Knox, Wooster, Cornell College (IA), and Kalamazoo.</p>

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<p>Small, less selective LACs in the Midwest: Beloit, Knox, Lawrence, Kalamazoo, Cornell…</p>

<p>basically, check this out:
[Colleges</a> That Change Lives](<a href=“http://www.ctcl.org/]Colleges”>http://www.ctcl.org/)</p>

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<p>Grinnell in Iowa and Carleton are comparable schools. Most people who apply to one, apply to the other. Grinnell may be a little easier to get into but same high quality academics and similar culture.</p>

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<p>Your UW gpa is like 3.5 and you’re only top 50%?</p>

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<p>You probably mean commended, not condemned. (Just a guess.)</p>

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<p>Carleton-esque schools in the Midwest: Grinnell, Oberlin, Beloit, Knox, Lawrence, Kalamazoo, Earlham. The first two are about the same level of selectivity, though.</p>

<p>Alma is NOTHING like Carleton, other than also being a small LAC.</p>

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<p>@schritzo: yes, I am in the top 50%, not quite in the top 25%. My GPA is exactly 3.5 as of now
@OHKID: my weighted GPA is around 3.75
@chal: yes, I meant conmmended, I just forgot to re-edit that part out :o. </p>

<p>And thanks guys. I heard about Grinnel and was thinking about looking into it, but it’s a bit out of my way to drive up there during the school year. </p>

<p>I’ll also check out some of the other schools mentioned. Thanks :)</p>

<p>Wasian</p>

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<p>Check out Wittenberg. We know several students who absolutely love it there, including one who got in to Carleton but took the $$$ at Wittenberg—and she is sure she made the right choice. Wittenberg is very generous with merit money as well.</p>

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<p>University of iowa!!! Hawkeye nation, baby!!!</p>